It has been an extraordinary year for the Year 6’s and it hardly seems possible that their time at Brookside is almost at an end. A large part of the summer term was spent preparing for SATs (no need for photographs to remind us of that of course) and then we went away for a few days – did you enjoy the peace and quiet in the households? We have lots of pictures to show you from our visit, but you will see them in a slideshow during the Y6 performance and Leavers’ Assembly later in the month.

When we returned from Charterhouse, a Wise-Up team visited and we spent a damp day on the school field playing Team Games, but we learned a lot about how to lead, how to listen and how to co-operate and it was quite interesting to learn how resilient we are. 

We have been catching up on Science and history and Geography and DT and much, much more. In science, we learned that whales once walked and that fossils are not actually ancient animal bones and that light behaves differently under water.

In geography, we learned lots about earthquakes and now, are learning more about our own British Isles and not many children can draw the UK from memory – can you? History taught us that there are many similarities between the early Roman Justice system and the Justice System in today’s Great Britain. Whereas, in DT we have measured, sawed, glued, sanded and decorated a shelter to withstand a natural or man-made disaster and more recently, we built a motorised vehicle! 

There are lots of photographs to explore, but many more will be on show during the Y6 end of year performances!